Tired of buying industrial fabric softeners that cost an arm and a leg?
Whether they are called fabric softeners or fabric softeners, they are still just as expensive and full of chemicals...
Fortunately, there is an easy and 100% natural grandmother's recipe for making homemade fabric softener.
The effective and inexpensive trick is to use Epsom salt and a few drops of essential oil . Watch:
- 50g Epsom salt
- a few drops of essential oil of your choice (lavender, lemon, mint, eucalyptus...)
1. Put 50g of Epsom salt in the fabric softener compartment of your machine.
2. Add a few drops of essential oil.
3. Put the laundry in the washing machine.
4. Launch your usual program.
And there you have it, you have made your homemade fabric softener :-)
Easy, fast and efficient, right?
It's hard to get a simpler recipe!
Here, no need for baking soda, white vinegar, glycerin, citric acid or cornstarch. Epsom salt and that's it!
And you don't need to spend a fortune on Lenor to have a very soft and smelling linen!
As a result, this homemade fabric softener is one of the most economical fabric softeners you can find.
In addition, it is completely natural, does not pollute or damage your washing machine.
Your laundry will be softer than soft and you will quickly notice that its colors are more vivid.
And encrusted stains do not resist him. As a result, your laundry will be even cleaner!
The other advantage is that you can choose your fragrance:lemon for a fresh scent, fresh lavender for a floral scent...
Epsom salt is a multitasking product.
Thanks to its high magnesium content, it is renowned for relaxation, detoxification and vitality of the skin.
But that's not all. It is also formidable against limestone. It eliminates the limescale that becomes embedded in the fibers, which allows you to have a soft and supple laundry.
This is very practical if your water is hard and calcareous.
- Most fabric softeners are made with surfactants. For some sensitive people, this is a problem. Because these substances are often allergenic and can cause respiratory discomfort or skin irritation.
- We tend to always put too much! As a result, the thick liquid remains on the walls of the detergent drawer and in the pipes of the washing machine. This film then tends to darken and even mold. Not great for laundry!
- The chemical compounds found in commercial fabric softeners are bad for the environment. Thrown back into the water, they pollute the fauna and flora.
- Lavender, pomegranate, freshness, precious breath... It's true that commercial fabric softeners smell good! But behind these evocative names, do not doubt for a moment that synthetic perfumes are hidden. If someone in your family has breathing difficulties (asthma), or if you have a baby, this is to be absolutely avoided!
- Industrial fabric softeners are often greasy. And that fat inevitably ends up on your laundry. Nice to wipe the dishes or fruit and vegetables with a cloth full of greasy residue...
